Computed tomography model-based treatment of atrial fibrillation and atrial macro-re-entrant tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 939-948

  Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Kircher, Simon ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Esato, Masahiro ^a   Riahi, Sam ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Staab, Charlotte ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Model guided therapy; Three dimensional image

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL MACRO RE ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48749133152     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun147     Document Type: Article

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